Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-American novelist
Vladimir
Pronunciation: vlah-DEE-meer
Nabokov
Pronunciation: nuh-BO-kof
Notes
source of pronunciation-- Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation

Regarding the pronunciation of his last name, in the BBC Guide it notes-- "Although the author's surname is often pronounced nab-uh-kof, he told the BBC that this [nuh-boe-kof] was his preferred English pronunciation, with the middle syllable stressed, and rhyming with 'smoke'."